Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will give a pre-CES keynote at 6:30 p.m. tonight, where he’s expected to talk about the company’s future plans for tablets, entertainment and possibly Windows 8. We’ll be liveblogging it here.

Note: Some of what Ballmer’s expected to announce has already been released. During a news conference at CES today, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky confirmed rumors Microsoft will make "the next version of Windows" work on the types of processors used in smartphones and tablets, called "System on a Chip" or SoC architectures. Chip-makers involved include ARM, AMD and Intel. However, this will take a while: The next version of Windows won’t be out for at least two years.